The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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Long COVID was reported in 64% of patients at 1 year, but it wasn't tied to a history of tropical diseases, including dengue, malaria, and Zika.
The findings suggest COVID-19 does long-term damage to the male reproductive tract.
The reports shed little new light on the origins of the pandemic.
Twenty-six percent of patients with non-mild COVID-19 cases report frequent pain.
No transmission was detected when both the infected person and the household contact were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Globally, more than 1.2 million new cases and more than 7,100 deaths were reported in the past 28 days.
Excess mortality suggests that the true death toll of the pandemic is much larger than indicated by official COVID-19 deaths alone.
Vaccine effectiveness among nursing home residents up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines is 31.2%, study finds.
Suffering moral injury, lack of access to PPE, and feeling unsupported by supervisors were all linked to an increased likelihood of having suicidal thoughts.
The odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection were 6.2 times greater in household contacts during Omicron than with previous strains, with rates even higher in kids.
